About this Event
In connection with the performances or the works of the Croatian Renaissance playwright Marin Držić on 8 October, UCL SSEES is hosting a symposium on Renaissance Drama in Translation, to discuss issues of transporting plays from the European ‘periphery’ across the boundaries of linguistic, cultural and temporal difference; how to engage anglophone audiences, in translation and performance; issues of 'cultural property'; and translation ethics and practicalities. These problems will be addressed by historians and literary scholars who attempt to place such works in context; and translators and theatre practitioners who combine respect for the original text and author while at the same time making the work relevant to the present day. The symposium aims to show how important – and how challenging – it is to balance between an always elusive fidelity to a source text, language and culture on the one hand, and the demands, desires and expectations of contemporary target audiences, who are never themselves completely homogenous.
Introduction: Nikša Matić, House of Marin Držić, Dubrovnik
Chair: Wendy Bracewell, University College London
Speakers:
Philip Parr, York International Shakespeare Festival & Parrabbola
Filip Krenus, Honey-Tongued Theatre Productions
Ivan Lupić, University of Rijeka
Tena Štivičić, Croatian National Theatre
Alexander Samson, University College London
Event venue & nearby stays
Masaryk room, 14-16 Taviton street, London, United Kingdom
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